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Eddie wakes up five years in the future. It turns out five years is all it takes to ruin a friendship and run your life into the ground.
Or, Eddie gets hurt and his apparently now ex-best friend Buck hops on a plane to El Paso. They figure out what the fuck happened together.
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01 Oct 2026
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In an effort to create the next viral “April Fool’s” prank at Smosh, Tommy brainstorms with the others, when Angela proposes an idea that makes Damien sweat. Will this change things between them?
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01 Oct 2026
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Burnout finally claimed Angela, causing a spectacular collapse of composure in the workplace, but Courtney Knows exactly how to help.
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- Part 3 of Smosh Oneshots and Multi Chapter Fics
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01 Oct 2026
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May: it's a weighted voting system, your vote has more weight if you have a queer parent
Denny: so i have the most voting power
Harry: which usually works out because denny is the most sensible of us
May: harry and i get one vote, denny gets two and chris gets an honorary vote
Ravi: why an honorary vote?
Chris: i have a bisexual buck
Denny: duhhhh
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29 Sep 2026
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"It's fine, Jee," Eddie says. "Buck doesn't have to kiss me."
"Yes he does." Jee crosses her arms and looks sternly at Buck. "Daddy and Mommy kiss every time when they go away from each other."
"Yeah, okay." Buck sucks in a breath and steps towards Eddie. He ducks his head down and presses the most fleeting kiss to Eddie's cheek.
"Not like that," Jee scolds.
"What? Why not?" Buck squawks.
"Because," she sighs and gives him a long, disapproving look. "Mommy and Daddy always kiss on the lips."
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or, buddie babysit Jee while being pretend boyfriends
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28 Sep 2026
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"I - uh," Buck stammers. "Sorry, I'm a little nervous."
"Yeah," Eddie huffs softly. "Me too."
"I think this is my last first kiss," Buck admits, not looking away from Eddie for even a second. The deep, familiar brown of his eyes is grounding.
"I know it's mine," Eddie says quietly.
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or, one night a quiet conversation on Eddie's couch leads Buck and Eddie in a direction neither of them anticipate - especially Buck.
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28 Sep 2026
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"What do we have?" Eddie asks eventually, swinging his gaze over to Buck.
"What?" Buck rolls his shoulders back, posture stiffening.
"You told Maddie that you could understand Tommy being threatened by what we have," Eddie says slowly. "So I just wondered what that is?"
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Or, after Eddie finds out about Buck's ill-advised backslide with his ex while he was away in Texas, Buck and Eddie get into it while making dinner. And then again after dinner. They have a lot to sort out, okay?
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28 Sep 2026
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"I'm not accusing you of anything," Maddie assures him, mirth still twinkling in her eyes. "But you have to admit, it does seem like a natural progression."
"To be in love with Buck?" Eddie asks incredulously.
"It wouldn't be the craziest thing I've ever heard." Maddie shrugs and takes a long sip of coffee, expression carefully hidden behind her mug.
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Or, five times Eddie comes out and everyone assumes he's dating Buck, and one time it's true.
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28 Sep 2026
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"How about if we're both still single when I turn thirty-four and you turn thirty-five, we get married?"
"Eddie." Buck blinks rapidly. "Our birthdays are in two weeks."
"I know."
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or, Eddie is trying to confess his feelings, Buck is babysitting his nephew, and they somehow end up getting engaged about it.
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28 Sep 2026
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"I'm Buck."
"Buck," Eddie tests the name out. Buck. He likes that name. It sounds good, warm and safe and comfortingly familiar on his tongue. "You're my husband."
Buck's eyes widen, obviously surprised that Eddie remembered that. See, look? He's recovering remarkably quickly. He'll have his full memory back in no time.
"Your husband," Buck repeats and Chris, for some reason, starts giggling.
"My husband," Eddie agrees happily.
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Eddie suffers temporary amnesia after an injury at work and makes some assumptions about the nature of his and Buck's relationship.
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- Part 1 of (You Want To) Make a Memory
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28 Sep 2026
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“They just follow it around, copying it and helping it and bothering it so much that it's like, worn down into loving the duckling back and looking out for it.”
“So,” said Eddie, furrowing his brow. “In this scenario, you are—”
“A baby duckling, newly hatched into the world with no idea what’s going on.”
“And I am—”
“The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.”
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Eddie has no idea how to cope when a temporary case of amnesia causes the return of Buck 1.0. Buck has no clue why his future self hasn't made the moves on his hot best friend. It all goes pretty well, considering.
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- Part 1 of make way for Buckling
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27 Sep 2026
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He knows that Eddie’s been borrowing his clothes. Consented to it, actually, when they both realized Eddie and Chris weren’t going anywhere and it would take time to get all of their things shipped over from El Paso. They’ve been living in this liminal space since then, where this house isn’t Eddie’s, but it isn’t Buck’s either, and it definitely isn’t theirs because Buck won’t let himself linger on that thought for too long. With that kind of mindfuck taking up space in his head, sharing clothes didn’t seem like too big a deal, except now it seems like a really big fucking deal because Eddie looks…and Buck feels…
Warm. He feels so fucking warm, and it has everything to do with Eddie.
After helping rescue the 118 from the high rise collapse, Eddie decides to move him and Chris back to Los Angeles. In the meantime, he’s borrowing Buck’s clothes. Buck, understandably, has a lot of feelings about seeing him in his favorite Bruce Springsteen t-shirt.
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26 Sep 2026
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Private Message: Buck and Ravi, 10/17
Ravi
Ravi Pannikar shared a Note with you: “Buddie Bets”
Buck
…probie
probie what the hell is this
Ravi
AH
that
was supposed to be shared with a group chat
pls don’t get the chainsaw im too pretty to die
Buck
don’t care, didn’t ask, what the hell is this????
Ravi
so on iphones there’s this app that’s called notes right
Buck
PROBIE
Ravi
ok look don’t get mad
Buck and Eddie find out that the 118 have placed their bets on when they’ll get together. They hatch a plan to drive their friends insane AND take their money. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
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- Part 1 of what goes around 'verse
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25 Sep 2026
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“A week,” Eddie sighed. “We can do this, right?”
Eddie’s gaze was pleading, needing assurance and comfort. His eyebrows were pinched in the middle of his forehead and Buck wanted to reach out and smooth it out with his thumb. Instead, he said, “’Course we can. We’ve faced tsunamis, beenados, earthquakes, broken dams… hey, where do we think the Diaz Parents Staying For A Week ranks?”
“Most likely to end in death,” Eddie muttered.
Buck clicked his tongue as he pulled the bowls from the cabinet for the salad, “That’s the lightning strike, actually.”
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The Diaz parents showing up unexpectedly to the shared Buckley-Diaz household leads to some unexpected confrontations, late night conversations, and over due confessions.
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22 Sep 2026
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“This isn’t my life!” Buck exclaims. “This is not how it’s supposed to be. Abby is supposed to be gone. She’s supposed to have left. As in, left Los Angeles, not left me to marry Bobby. Bobby’s supposed to marry Athena.”
“Cap and Athena? But she’s—”
“Married. Yeah,” Buck huffs. “Like I said, that doesn’t work out.”
“Because Real Michael is gay?” Eddie asks skeptically.
“Real Michael is gay,” Buck confirms.
OR: After his break up with Tommy, Buck falls asleep on Eddie’s couch and wakes up in a world where Bobby is married to Abby, Hen and Karen are divorced, Athena and Michael are faking a happy marriage, Chim has a daughter that is not Buck's niece, and—just to really, personally fuck with him—Eddie and Maddie are engaged to be married.
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21 Sep 2026
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"Eddie, what are you doing here?”
A beat.
“Would you believe me if I said I was really craving spaghetti bolognese?” He asks, giving him a half smile.
Another beat.
Buck gives him a dry look and Eddie exhales slowly, steeling himself, shoving his hands into the pockets of his jeans.
“Okay, fine. I followed you here.”
“I assumed as much,” Buck states, nodding his head. “I’m just trying to understand why.”
Or, Eddie stalks Buck on one of his dates. But he promises that it's not his fault, really. (It is.)
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21 Sep 2026
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Eddie is - he’s straight, okay? And Buck is way past wanting things he can’t have…way past begging for scraps of affection and attention and love. He refuses to ever be that person again, even for Eddie. So. So Eddie wasn’t in love with Buck, and Buck wasn’t - isn’t, can’t be - in love with Eddie, and all of this is just. It’s ridiculous. Impossible. Unbelievable.
“I’m not in love with my best friend,” Buck says, but the words feel strange in his mouth.
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21 Sep 2026
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Buck is pliant, both of Eddie’s hands on his neck now. His pulse thrums with every gush of blood. It’s so warm and Eddie feels so nauseous, suddenly.
But Buck is just looking at him. Just looking. “Eddie,” he says. “It’s— I think I’m okay.”
or: the malfunctioning robot cuts buck with a scalpel, but eddie is the one to spiral about it.
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21 Sep 2026
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"I don't think Eddie knows how to ride a horse."
As far as Buck is aware, his best friend is not harbouring secret equestrian tendencies.
"Yes, he does," Theo insists stubbornly, looking personally offended at Buck's disagreement. "He rode a horse in the desert."
Buck blinks.
"Chris told me."
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or, Eddie tells Chris he rode a horse in New Mexico, Chris tells Theo, Theo tells Buck. Some revelations are made.
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21 Sep 2026
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Buck cracked a small smile before taking a deep breath, “They want me to be married. The adoption agency.”
“I’ll marry you.”
Evidently, Eddie’s mouth was moving a lot faster than his brain.
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Eddie suggests he and Buck get married so it's easier for Buck to adopt Theo, Maddie had some thoughts on the matter.
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20 Sep 2026